Basic Site Details
| Name: | Watt Tower |
| Town, district or village: | Greenock |
| City or county: | Renfrewshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | Unexecuted |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | The proposed Watt Tower was to be an Italianate tower on a hilltop within the cemetery, 289 feet high, to have been constructed with stones brought from all over the world as ballast. |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Tower | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1854 | Proposed design | ||
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| David Mackintosh | 1854 | Proposed design | |||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Walker, Frank Arneil | 1986 | South Clyde Estuary: An Illustrated Architectural Guide to Inverclyde and Renfrew | p124, Illustration, but no architect given | ||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Builder | Between 1859 and 1 | XVII | p79 (Illustration and description) | |